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Reasons to use our Herne Hill conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Solicitors that specialise in conveyancing in Herne Hill have a grasp oflocal issues specific to Herne Hill and therefore you may benefit from better guidance and expeditious conveyancing.
  • 2 Herne Hill property lawyers have a crucial edge when it comes to Herne Hill conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that can affect your home move
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. When using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by determining whether the ‘computers says no’.
  • 4 Herne Hill conveyancers work in partnership with Herne Hill estate agents, developers, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to ensure that a quality service is offered to buyers and sellers every step of the way, to ensure you’re kept up to date with progress throughout
  • 5 This site is the only site offering you the facility to check that your conveyancing in Herne Hill will be conducted by a property lawyer on your mortgage lender’s member panel.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Herne Hill since August 2023*

Sale

of terraced residence, Winterbrook Road, SE24 9JA completing on 31/08/2023 at a price of £2,500,000. The legal transfer of property included amongst the various tasks: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, setting up the completion formalities, sending title deeds and signed transfer to buyer’s solicitor

Transfer

of terraced premises, Shakespeare Road, SE24 0PX completing on 08/09/2023 at a price of £725,000. The conveyancing process included amongst the various tasks: sending the transfer to the vendor for execution in readiness for completion, agreeing completion date with parties, sending title deeds and executed transfer to buyer’s lawyers

Disposal

of flat East Dulwich Grove SE22 8PR, at the agreed consideration of £650,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, obtaining official copies of the title

Disposal

of flat Norwood Road SE24 9AH, at sale consideration of £560,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending the transfer to the seller for execution in preparation for completion, obtaining official copies of the title, agreeing completion date with parties

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Herne Hill

Our son-in-law is about to exchange on a newly built flat in Herne Hill with a mortgage from TSB. His conveyancer has advised him of a delay in completing the ‘Disclosure of Incentive Form’. Who needs to receive the form?

The document is intended to provide information to the main parties involved in the purchase. Therefore, it will be provided to your son’s lawyer who should be on the TSB conveyancing panel as a standard part of the process, and to the surveyor when asked. The developer will be required to start the process by downloading the form and completing it. The form will therefore need to be available for the valuer at the time of his or her site visit. The form should be sent to the TSB conveyancing panel solicitor as early as possible, in order to avoid any last minute delays, and no later than at exchange of contracts.

If you had a top tip for selecting a conveyancing solicitor in Herne Hill what would it be?

We would encourage you not to base your choice on the cheapest Herne Hill conveyancing quote. You really do get what you’re paying for when it comes to conveyancing solicitors. A cheap quote may mean that the conveyancing solicitor is handling a lot of jobs at one time and you won’t get the quality of service and the attention that you need. It is, however, wise to use a conveyancer who has a fixed fee on a no sale, no fee basis. This way, you know exactly what you’ll have to pay in advance.

Forgive me if this question is silly but I am wet behind the ears as FTB of a garden flat in Herne Hill. Do I collect the keys to the house on completion from my solicitor? If so, I will use a High Street conveyancing solicitor in Herne Hill?

On the day of completion you do not need to go to the conveyancers office in Herne Hill. Your solicitors will transfer the purchase money to the owner’s solicitors, and once they have received this, you should be invited to pick up the keys from the selling Agents and start moving into the property. Usually this occurs between 1 and 3pm.

Our sealed bid on a semi in Herne Hill has been accepted, the owners do however have a dependent purchase. The vendors have offered on a flat, but it’s not yet tied up, and are looking at other apartments booked. I have chosen a bricks and mortar conveyancing solicitor in Herne Hill. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage application with Lloyds going?

It is normal to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to incur expenses prematurely (mortgage application is approx one thousand pounds, then valuation, Herne Hill conveyancing search costs, etc). First, you should ensure that your solicitor is on the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Regarding the next phase this very much dictated by the uniqueness of your transaction, motivation for this property and on the state of the market. During a rising market some buyers would apply for the mortgage with Lloyds and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they ask their lawyer to press on with the conveyancing in Herne Hill.

I have justfound out that Stirling Law have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Herne Hill for a purchase of a leasehold flat 9 months ago. How can I check that my home is not still registered in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to check if the property is in your name, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Herne Hill conveyancing specialists.

I have been sourcing a conveyancing practitioner in Herne Hill for my house move. Can I review a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone can review published Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from investigations commenced on or after Jan 2008. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For details Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For callers outside the UK, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator could monitor call for training purposes.

Completion is due on the sale of our £175,000 maisonette in Herne Hill next week. The freeholder has quoted £336 for Landlord’s certificate, building insurance schedule and previous years statements of service charge. Is the landlord entitled to charge such fees for a leasehold conveyance in Herne Hill?

Herne Hill conveyancing on leasehold flats normally involves administration charges levied by managing agents :

    Answering pre-contract questions Where consent is required before sale in Herne Hill Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale
Your conveyancer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Herne Hill leasehold property is £350. For Herne Hill conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to provide answers.

After years of negotiations we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Herne Hill. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

if there is a absentee landlord or where there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 it is possible to make an application to the LVT to determine the price.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement case for a Herne Hill property is 66 Southwell Road in March 2012. By Order of Deputy District Judge Stone dated 25 January 2012 a vesting order was made. The determination of the purchase price was referred to the Tribunal who decided that the amount payable for the freehold should be£29,612.00 This case related to 3 flats. The unexpired residue of the current lease was 72.58 years.

Is planning permission required to split a house into multiple flats in Herne Hill? This has been carried out to a property next door to my house in Herne Hill and was unaware of it happening until it was finished.

Planning permission is required for converting a single dwelling in Herne Hill into flats but probably not for converting once again to single dwelling-house so, in answer to your query, yes.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Herne Hill regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Herne Hill but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • P M Hunter & Co, 145 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0NG
  • William Bailey, 150 Lordship Lane, London, London, SE22 8HB
  • Hepburns Solicitors Llp, Unit 1 Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8SD
  • Peter Thomson, 203 Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8RZ
  • Wainwright & Cummins Llp, 57-61 Atlantic Road, London, London, SW9 8PU

Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Herne Hill

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Herne Hill specialising in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Terms and conditions of tenancy agreements

  • William Bailey, 150 Lordship Lane, London, London, SE22 8HB
  • Hepburns Solicitors Llp, Unit 1 Blackwater Court, 17-19 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8SD
  • Peter Thomson, 203 Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8RZ
  • Wainwright & Cummins Llp, 57-61 Atlantic Road, London, London, SW9 8PU
  • Glazer Delmar, 27-31 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 9ET

Planning law solicitors in Herne Hill regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Herne Hill practicing in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • William Innes, 56 Crescent Lane, London, SW4 9PU
  • Streathers Clapham Llp, 53 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7TG
  • Ricardina Bridges Ltd, 47 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RH
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Deighton Pierce Glynn Limited, 8 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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